Discipline watchdogs in Hunan province have launched an investigation into a bribery scandal during the election of the provincial legislative body after a candidate revealed he had given money to more than 300 voters.

The U.S. attorney's office filed a bribery charge against a former inspector at the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety on Wednesday, making him the third employee of the agency to face criminal

Here is an expanded version of the lead item from my "Albany Insider" column today:
Gov. Cuomo plans to holster--for now--his biggest weapon in the fight against legislative corruption, a source familar with his thinking

George Shirakawa Jr.'s guilty pleas to five felony charges Monday ended his political career. But the harder and in some ways more important work for the Santa Clara County district attorney lies ahead: finding